The 23 year old suffered an injury during training on Saturday at
the PSX Olympic ski cross venue at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, said
the Russian Freestyle Federation in a statement earlier in the
day. She was taken to Krasnaya Polyana Hospital where the doctors
“took the decision to operate on her on the spot."

The injury was a fracture of the spine with a dislocation said
team head of press Mikhail Verzhba as cited by R-Sport, adding
that the surgery was a success and lasted six and a half hours.

Komissarova’s condition is very serious, but stable, the
federation said, adding that the athlete might need another
surgery.

The athlete will not take part in the rest of the Games,
according to the federation’s statement.

The head of the freestyle team Natalia Corona earlier explained
how the athlete got the injury.

“She fell on the ‘waves’. This is not the hardest part of the
route. Apparently, the athlete was preparing for more complex
elements, relaxed and got injured on relatively simple
ones.”